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NAPOLEON I (Emperor of France, 1804-1821). Six letters signed ('Napoleon' (one), 'Napol' (3) and 'Nap' (2)) to Prince Eugène ('Mon fils'), Paris, 21 March, 1806, Saint-Cloud, 6 May (two), 6, 11 and 27 June 1806, together 5¾ pages, 4to (the first letter including three words cancelled in autograph).
In the first letter Napoleon comments on a pro-Austrian demonstration at Crespino, demanding the execution of the chief perpetrators with 'un écriteau portant ces mots: traditori al liberatore d'Italia e alla Patria Italiana', after which he will pardon the commune; the second and third include instructions for General Lauriston for the occupation of Ragusa; the fourth (written on half-mourning paper), concerns the use of conscripts and repressive measures to be taken in Dalmatia, commenting on a report from General Molitor, 'Je ne comprends pas pourquoi le général Molitor dit dans sa lettre du 18 qu'il a des conscrits nuds; ils doivent avoir des vestes et des culottes,' the fifth reproaches Prince Eugène for delaying the communication of a letter by Lauriston, and the sixth orders him to instruct Molitor to send powder to the Pacha of Bosnia via Spalato saying that it has been necessary to use the Sultan's powder at Ragusa but there is a large quantity available at Spalato. (6)
In the first letter Napoleon comments on a pro-Austrian demonstration at Crespino, demanding the execution of the chief perpetrators with 'un écriteau portant ces mots: traditori al liberatore d'Italia e alla Patria Italiana', after which he will pardon the commune; the second and third include instructions for General Lauriston for the occupation of Ragusa; the fourth (written on half-mourning paper), concerns the use of conscripts and repressive measures to be taken in Dalmatia, commenting on a report from General Molitor, 'Je ne comprends pas pourquoi le général Molitor dit dans sa lettre du 18 qu'il a des conscrits nuds; ils doivent avoir des vestes et des culottes,' the fifth reproaches Prince Eugène for delaying the communication of a letter by Lauriston, and the sixth orders him to instruct Molitor to send powder to the Pacha of Bosnia via Spalato saying that it has been necessary to use the Sultan's powder at Ragusa but there is a large quantity available at Spalato. (6)